Hermann Emil Alfred Max Trapp (November 1, 1887 – May 31, 1971) was a German composer and teacher.
His best-known pupils include Josef Tal, Saburō Moroi and Günter Raphael.
Between 1926 and 1930, Trapp offered a master class in composition at the music conservatoire in Dortmund.
[3] In June 1933, Trapp joined the Nazi movement through an "Appeal to the Creative" (Appell an die Schaffenden).
Heavily influenced by Richard Strauss and Max Reger, Trapp composed orchestral, chamber and piano works, including seven symphonies,[7] as well as choral and theatre music.